UNH golf qualifies for nationals

Monday

Nov 5, 2012 at 3:15 AMNov 5, 2012 at 4:28 PM

FROM STAFF REPORTS

DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire club golf team remains undefeated for 2012. The team recently won the Northeast Regional 1 of the NCCGA on Oct. 6-7 at the Casperkill Country Club in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

UNH then clinched a spot at nationals by winning the Northeast Regional 2 on Oct. 27-28 at the Wilkes-Barre Golf Course in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in wet, cold, and windy conditions.

Under the best 5 scores of 8 format, UNH shot a team score of 787 in N.Y. with UNH’s Troy Goliber the medalist with 76-76-152.

UNH’s winning team score in Pa. was 770 with individual low scores by James Miller, 78-74-152 and CJ Konkowski, 75-77=152. Other members of the winning teams were Dan Kish, Colin Barnea, Sam Fuller, Tyler Angel, Greg Poggi and Tyler Walsh. Participating college teams were Boston College, University of Delaware, Rutgers, Buffalo, MIT, Brown, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne, SUNY Cortland, IUP and Ithaca.

The UNH home coure is the Pease Golf Course in Portsmouth. Pease’s generous support has been instrumental in the team’s success.

The home practice facility is the Fore on 4 Driving Range in Lee, near campus. Coaches are PGA Professionals Rick Wolchko and Jim Callahan. Team captain is Tyler Walsh.

The team consists of 16 players, with an additional eight on the practice squad. UNH had 63 students try out for the team this fall. The teams talent level is very deep with the top eight players on the team consisting of handicaps of plus 1 to 4

UNH’s next event is the NCCGA national championship on Nov. 17-18 at the Seaside Course in Sea Island, Ga., where a recent PGA Tour event was played. UNH will be competing against the top two teams in each regional qualifier from around the country.